Stephen Alpher

Stephen is CoinDesk's managing editor for Markets. He previously served as managing editor at Seeking Alpha. A native of suburban Washington, D.C., Stephen went to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, majoring in finance. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI leads with 3.8% Gains as Index Rises

Twelve assets in the CoinDesk 20 Index gained, with ADA joining UNI among the largest advancers.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-08-16: leaders

Finanzen

Goldman Sachs Joins Morgan Stanley in Holding Bitcoin ETFs as Institutional Interest Grows: 13F Wrap

Investment advisors held more than $4.7 billion worth of U.S.-based spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds as of the end of the second quarter.

Mathew McDermott, Global Head of Digital Assets for Goldman Sachs, speaks at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk.(Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Märkte

Bitcoin Tumbles Back Under $58K as Crypto Quickly Crumbles Thursday Afternoon

The blame this time can't be laid on macro jitters, as stocks are up big again, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 both more than erasing early August declines.

Crypto plunges in quick fashion (Unsplash)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: LTC and ICP Take the Lead as Index Inches Higher

Litecoin gained 2.1% while Internet Computer rose 1.9% in overnight trading.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-08-15: leaders

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Märkte

U.S. Moves $600M of Silk Road Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime, but Not Necessarily to Sell

Bitcoin continued under pressure for the day at around $59,000.

(Alpha Photo/Flickr)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: RNDR and SOL Propel Index to a 1.3% Increase

Render climbs 3.3% while Solana adds 3.0%, helping drive the CoinDesk 20 upward.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Märkte

U.S. CPI Rose 0.2% in July, Matching Expectations

Bitcoin continued with modest daily gains at $61,300 following the report.

food shopping in brown bags

Richtlinien

Crypto Is a 'Purple Issue': Circle's Jeremy Allaire

The CEO of the stablecoin issuer cited prior bi-partisan work on stablecoin legislation and FIT21 as proof crypto doesn't belong to a particular political party

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: BCH and SOL Gains Lead as Index Inches Up 0.3%

BCH gained 1.6% and SOL rose 1.5%, contributing to modest index growth.

CoinDesk 20 leaders (CoinDesk Indices)

Finanzen

German State-Owned Development Bank Prepares for Tokenized Bond Issuance with Boerse Stuttgart Digital in ECB Trial

Traditional finance institutions are increasingly exploring ways of putting assets like bonds, credit and funds on blockchain rails, known as RWA tokenization, to pursue operational benefits.

Frankfurt, Germany (Sinan Erg/Unsplash)